Tour de France 2023: the full route of the 2023 Tour de France will be known during the day

By mid-day, the full course of the 2023 Tour de France, which will start in Bilbao on July 1, will be known and could offer numerous mountain excursions. The layout of the women's Grande Boucle will also be revealed. Some certainty has been confirmed by the ASO organizers, who reserve the official layout of the 110th edition of the Tour for their traditional ceremony at the Palais des Congres, Porte Maillot in Paris. It is a new departure from abroad, the 25th in history, two stops in Spain, a third that takes off from there to head towards the south-west of France, then a traditional arrival on the Champs-Elysées in Paris on 23 July.

Draft 2023 Social Security budget: Elisabeth Borne again implies responsibility for her government

On the evening of Wednesday, Elisabeth Borne again committed to the Assembly the responsibility of her government via 49.3 for the entire 2023 social security budget draft. She thus concluded a hectic and stormy session at the Assembly in the voluntary absence of deputies Nupes and RN.

She reassures indeed the remaining deputies in the hemicycle shortly after 11.30 pm, saying that “more than 150 amendments have been accepted, from the majority as well as from the opposition”. According to him, the final text “takes into account your discussions on commission”. Borne, invoked Article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution on the entire text, will allow its adoption without a vote at first reading at 11:41 p.m. on Thursday evening, according to the President of the Assembly, unless a motion of no confidence was tabled by then.

France 2: Emmanuel Macron promises a “fairer” France amid the storm

Invited for the second time in two weeks on the new program “L'Evénement” on France 2 yesterday, Emmanuel Macron promised to “protect the weakest” in the face of the looming “storm”. It thus supports purchasing power and small businesses hit by rising energy prices, and paves the way for extending the duration of pension contributions.

“We are going through a crisis, crises, even,” he said, pointing to the war in Ukraine and its consequences on energy and prices.

Meta, (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp): net profit down $4.4 billion in the third quarter

Falling revenue, halving net profit, stagnating the number of users, these are the difficult times the Meta is going through, (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp). Indeed, the net profit of the Californian group fell to 4.4 billion dollars in the third quarter (-52% over one year) and its turnover fell by 4% to 27.7 billion dollars. CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to temper yesterday during the analyst conference by saying, “We're facing an unstable macroeconomic environment, increased competition, ad targeting issues, and increased costs for our long-term investments, but I have to say that our products seem to be faring better than some of the comments suggest.”

Tribute to Mahsa Amini: Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators

Yesterday, at the ceremony honoring the end of Mahsa Amini's traditional 40-day mourning, Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators gathered in the late woman's home town. A Norway-based group defending the rights of Iranian Kurds said on Twitter Hengaw that in the western province of Kurdistan, “Security forces fired tear gas and opened fire on people in Zindan Square in Saghez.”

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